James Hugo Johnston was appointed to the Board of Visitors at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute for a four year term beginning April 1, 1886. Johnston did not complete his term on the Board because his fellow members selected him to be...

Handwritten in Bound Record Book With Lined Pages, Cover Highly Deteriorated (Cardboard Covered With Marbled Paper, Leaather Spine and Corners). No Title on Spine; Handwritten Titles on Inside Cover and End Sheet. Page Numbers are Printed in...

These six young men, pictured in caps and gowns with diplomas in hand, were the last six to receive bachelor's degrees from Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1902. Following this graduation the state of Virginia abolished the college...

The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...

The graduating class of 1907. George Lewis Alphonso Pogue is standing second from the right in the next to last row, with female graduates to his right and left. The one to his right (third from right on that row) is holding a hat with 1907...

The normal graduating class of 1908. Included on this photograph are reading left to right, first row Professor Phillips, Gandy, Rogers, President James Hugo Johnston, and the last two women on the right are Mary Branch and Anna Laura Lindsay.

Dr. Calhoun Was Elected The Eighth President Of Paine College In 1956, And Gave Fourteen Years Of Progressive Leadership To The College Following His Experience As A Methodist Minister And Missionary To China In 1940 And 1946. Paine Had An All...

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Whitehead, Matthew

Associate Director Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last President of Miner Teachers College, and Dean of DCTC. He received his AB from Johnson C. Smith University; his MA from Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.D, New York University....

Ella Sheppard oftern considered the backbone of the group, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 4, 1851. Her father was operated a livery stable in Nashville, purchased his freedom for $1800 and purchased Ella's freedom for $350. He tried...